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<p class="MsoNormal">AT LSUS, we have graduate program directors and, separately, graduate coordinators, the latter being admin staff positions that support a specific program. Program directors are faculty, and they receive a combination of course downloads
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> La-cgs <la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary J Farmer-Kaiser<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 12, 2025 9:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Amedee, Angela M. <AAmede@lsuhsc.edu>; la-cgs@lists.latech.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Graduate Coordinator Compensation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks, Angela. I'm compiling the response and will absolutely share that info and, of course, what we end up doing here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Mary Farmer-Kaiser, PhD</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Professor of History</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Dean of the Graduate School</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">University of Louisiana at Lafayette</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">337-482-6965</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu">mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Amedee, Angela M. <<a href="mailto:AAmede@lsuhsc.edu">AAmede@lsuhsc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 12, 2025 9:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mary J Farmer-Kaiser <<a href="mailto:mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu">mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Graduate Coordinator Compensation</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We currently do not offer compensation to Graduate Coordinators, other than adding those responsibilities to their job description and allowing for release from other duties. We
are considering ways to formally compensate and acknowledge their administrative responsibilities to the School of Graduate Studies. This is a goal, and we are not there yet. I'd be very interested in hearing any updates that you may make at ULL - as well
as knowing what everyone else does. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are currently trying to get any service to the Graduate School to be more formally acknowledged in their primary appointment - particularly in the School of Medicine. Since the
SoM has a diverse faculty, many of them are not members of the Graduate Faculty, but rather serve the clinical enterprise. Faculty efforts in the Graduate School are not equally appreciated across various Departments. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks for asking this question and all that have responded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="color:black;background:white">Angela Martin Amedee, Ph.D.<br>
Dean- School of Graduate Studies<br>
Professor- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Parasitology<br>
LSU Health Sciences Center – New Orleans</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style="color:black;background:white">1900 Gravier Street, Room 637</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="color:black;background:white">New Orleans, LA 70112</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> La-cgs <<a href="mailto:la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu</a>>
on behalf of Mary J Farmer-Kaiser <<a href="mailto:mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu">mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 12, 2025 4:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] Graduate Coordinator Compensation</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">We are reviewing how our graduate coordinators or, as they may be referred to on your campuses, directors of graduate study, are compensated. Would you be willing to share
what you do and, ideally, if you have a policy or guidelines that establish a base? The size and complexity of our programs are so varied that we're hoping to get a better sense of best practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks in advance for any guidance you can offer!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Mary Farmer-Kaiser, PhD</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Professor of History</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Dean of the Graduate School</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">University of Louisiana at Lafayette</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">337-482-6965</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu">mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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